Crouse Connects
Crouse isn’t just about healthcare. We’re about what we believe sets us apart: Carepassion™ .
We always say we’re not a ‘perfect’ hospital. But our physicians, nurses, providers and staff strive to listen to each patient and family member’s feelings and needs with the respect and dignity you deserve.
Our CrouseConnects blog is designed to talk about some of the ways we connect and do just that. How we work on achieving clinical advances that help us provide the best in patient care for our community and region. And how we try to tend to the “little things” — parking, getting around and dining, for example — to make anyone’s visit or stay at Crouse more welcoming and comfortable.
Category Archives: Patient Story
06/11/2026
ECMO Survivor
Twenty-six-year-old Sylvia LeBaron thought she was having an asthma attack in October 2025 and drove herself to the emergency department at Crouse. But after being seen in the emergency department, she was quickly brought up to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), where she spent about 18 days. For ten of those days, she was on…
Read more10/02/2024
Labor & Delivery Staff Creates Special Anniversary Celebration for Patient
A phrase you might hear at Crouse is that our staff makes “every moment matter” when it comes to providing the best in patient care. This week, our staff made moments matter outside the realm of patient care by helping a couple celebrate their anniversary in a very special way. Joy Flateau has been an…
Read more07/12/2024
DAISY Nursing Excellence Award Presented to Stephanie Rabbo, RN and McKenzie Welch-Melie, RN
Congratulations to our most recent DAISY award recipients, Stephanie Rabbo, RN, from 5 South Irving and McKenzie Welch-Melie, RN, from our operating room.
Read more07/08/2024
A Heartfelt Reunion: Former ICU Patient Expresses Gratitude
For former ICU patient Kevin Ash, it was his care team at Crouse that fueled his motivation to get better. Recently, Kevin came back to the ICU where he had been a patient for many months, to show gratitude for his care team and all of the ICU staff for the work that they do.…
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